Package Naming and Versioning

Name Format

Package name format: PkgName-MajorVersion.MinorVersion-PkgVersion
for example: ogtkstring-1.2-4

Package Release (Versioning)

A new package release should change its major version number when it is no longer compatable with a previous release. If a package release is compatable with a previous version it should change only it's minor release.

For a package to be compatable with a previous release it must not:

• BREAK CODE!
• CAUSE APPS TO RUN DIFFERENTLY!
  
• Remove any VIs
• Remove any terminals or change the connector pane pattern of any VI
• Add new required terminals (or change existing terminals to required) - (non-required terminals, may be added, but not wiring them should cause a default behaviour identical to the previous release)
• Rename any VIs
• Change the behaviour of the VIs

VI Naming

When a new major version is released it should not conflict with a previous release's namespace. This will allow several Major Versions of a package to be installed on a machine.

For this reason the following VI naming prefix should be used: PkgName-MajorVersion VI Name.vi
for example: ogtkstring-1 Trim Whitespace.vi

*For long-name support, VIs should be kept distributed inside LLBs until LabVIEW is no longer suported on Mac OS 9.